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steilerDev / homebridge-openhab2-complete

A homebridge plugin for openHAB, that has the expectation to fully support all Services offered by Apple's Homekit Accessory Protocol (HAP)
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Question regarding heatingItem and coolingItem for thermostat #21

Closed maisun closed 5 years ago

maisun commented 5 years ago

Hi, First I'd like to thank you for the great plugin with far better coverage than OH add-on. I'm trying to configure a thermostat for my ventilation system which I can: 1) Set operation modes (OFF, COOL, HEAT, AUTO) 2) Set target temperature 3) Read current temperature As I read from the document I need to have either heatingItem or coolingItem defined. The device doesn't tell me if it's in cooling mode or heating mode though. I normally let it run in AUTO mode and don't bother if the device is actually cooling or heating. My question is: would it be possible to defer the current running mode based on current and target temperatures? For example: when current temperature is lower than target temperature, it is running in heating mode. If so how would that be configured? Thank you very much in advance!

Quintox95 commented 4 years ago

Im still interessted in this solution!

My Innogy thermostates does not set an active mode or something like that..

steilerDev commented 4 years ago

Unfortunately this has to be defined, however it does not server any active controlling purpose, but a visualization indication if the accessory is performing anything. If you component does not report back this information, you can just create a dummy Switch and keep it turned off.